Fox Finally Voted In Hall Of Fame

March 05, 1997

Nellie Fox, the star second baseman for the Chicago White Sox, was voted into baseball's Hall of Fame Wednesday by the veterans committee. Joining him were former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda and former Negro Leaguer Willie Wells. The vote ended a long wait for the family of Fox, who died in 1975. In 1985, Fox finished two votes shy of election -- the slimmest margin in the shrine's history -- in the balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Last year, Fox finally met the 75 percent criteria in the veterans vote, but was named on one less ballot than pitcher Jim Bunning -- and because rules say the 15-man veterans committee can elect only one former major leaguer, Bunning went to Cooperstown and Fox had to wait.